... taxonomies, concepts, and relationships. We have developed algorithms for more efficient concept disambiguation, concept abstraction, and query by property values in order to (1) improve retrieval precision and recall, (2) detect users’ search intents, and (3) satisfy users’ information needs at different...

.... However, filtering this stream of information to find the right information appropriate to an engineering issue and the engineer is a time-consuming task. The focus of this research lies in ascertaining tacit knowledge to model the information needs of the users of an engineering information system...